Real Salt Lake claimed a 3–1 victory over Sporting Kansas City in MLS regular-season action on Matchday 6, with Diego Luna, Sergi Solans and Zavier Gozo all on the scoresheet.
The hosts struck almost immediately. In the 4th minute, Diego Luna opened the scoring for Real Salt Lake, finishing a move set up by Noel Caliskan to give the home side an early 1–0 lead.
After the interval, Real Salt Lake doubled their advantage in the 55th minute. Zavier Gozo provided the assist for Sergi Solans, who made it 2–0 and appeared to put the hosts firmly in control.
Sporting Kansas City responded quickly to stay in the contest. Just four minutes later, in the 59th minute, Dejan Joveljić pulled a goal back, finishing from a pass by Justin Reynolds to cut the deficit to 2–1.
Real Salt Lake restored their two-goal cushion late on. In the 82nd minute, Gozo turned scorer, converting after another assist from Caliskan to make it 3–1 and effectively seal the points.
There was one booking recorded for the hosts, as Morgan Guilavogui received a yellow card in the 88th minute. Both sides also made several substitutions in the second half, including the introduction of Diego, Jacob Bartlett and Zorhan Bassong for Sporting KC, while Victor Olatunji, Sam Junqua, Griffin Dillon, Dominik Marczuk and Jesus Barea came on for Real Salt Lake.
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